It seems that HD-DVD took another hit Wednesday with Toshiba announcing it is holding off on shipping next-generation players until April, a month behind schedule.

On Wednesday, Toshiba said its players, which had been slated to go on sale in large consumer electronics retailers like Best Buy late this month, won’t be made available for purchase until the software arrives in stores.

“We’re not saying exactly when,” said Jodi Sally, vp digital A/V marketing at Toshiba. “We are ready to ship, but we feel it’s really best for the launch of HD-DVD that we synchronize our hardware with our software at retail.”

That means the players won’t go on sale until April 18 at the earliest.

Source: Yahoo! News